1Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔhyɛ mmara a ɛmmfa ɛkwan mu,
2de tena ahiafoɔ ahofadie so,
3Ɛdeɛn na mobɛyɛ akontabuo da no,
4Ɛnka mo hwee sɛ mobɛfra nneduafoɔ mu
5“Nnome nka Asiriani no, mʼabufuo abaa,
6Meresoma no akɔ ɔman a wɔnnim Onyankopɔn so.
7Nanso ɛnyɛ yei ne deɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ
8Na ɔbisa sɛ, ‘Ahemfo nyinaa nnyɛ mʼasahene anaa?
9Kalno nyɛɛ sɛ Karkemis anaa?
10Ampa ara, megyee ahoni ahennie ahodoɔ abrane soɔ,
11Merentumi ne Yerusalem ne ne nsɛsodeɛ nni anaa,
12Sɛ Awurade wie nʼadwuma a ɛtia Bepɔ Sion ne Yerusalem nyinaa a, ɔbɛka sɛ, “Mɛtwe Asiriahene aso wɔ nʼakoma pirim ne nʼani a ɛnsɔ adeɛ no ho.
13Ɛfiri sɛ ɔka sɛ,
14Sɛdeɛ obi tene ne nsa hyɛ pirebuo mu no,
15Akuma ma ne ho so tra deɛ ɔtoɔ?
16Afei Awurade, Asafo Awurade
17Israel Hann no bɛdane ogya.
18Asiria kwaeɛ ne nʼasase bereɛ animuonyam no,
19Nnua a ɛbɛka wɔ ne kwaeɛ mu bɛyɛ kakra bi
20Ɛda no, Israel nkaeɛfoɔ,
21Nkaeɛfoɔ no bɛsane aba. Yakob nkaeɛfoɔ no
22Ao Israel, ɛwom sɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ dɔɔso sɛ mpoano anwea deɛ,
23Awurade, Asafo Awurade, ɔsɛeɛ
24Enti, yei ne deɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade seɛ,
25Ɛrenkyɛre koraa mʼabufuo a ɛtia mo no ano bɛdwo
26Asafo Awurade de mpire bɛhwe wɔn,
27Ɛda no, wɔbɛyi wɔn adesoa no afiri wo mmatire so;
28Wɔhyɛne Ayat;
29Wɔtwam wɔ kwantempɔn no so, na wɔka sɛ,
30Teaam Ɔbabaa Galim!
31Madmena redwane;
32Ɛnnɛ ara wɔbɛgyina wɔ Nob;
33Hwɛ, Awurade, Asafo Awurade no,
34Ɔde akuma bɛtwitwa kwaeɛm dɔtɔ agu fam.